Month: November 2022

Once-a-year stool exam important to detect colorectal cancer: YKI

Chairperson of the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI) Aru Sudoyo recommended people to undergo colorectal cancer screening at least once a year, and one of the ways is through stool or feces analysis. “What the general public can do is feces screening. Check your poop once a year,” Sudoyo stated during

Papuans urged to fill govt vacancies in new provinces

The government is continuing to encourage native Papuans to fill civil state apparatus vacancies in the three new provinces of Papua, Deputy Home Minister John Wempi Wetipo has informed. “Regarding the state apparatus in the three new autonomous provinces (in Papua), our law requires that 80 percent (of the vacancies)

Indonesia gets solar PV lab equipment from Switzerland

Indonesia, through the Human Resources Development Center for Electricity, New and Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (PPSDM KEBTKE), has received a grant of solar photovoltaic (PV) laboratory equipment from the Switzerland government. “PPSDM KEBTKE strongly supports the renewable energy skills development (RESD) cooperation between BPSDM ESDM (Human Resources Development Agency

Cianjur extends search for quake victims by three days

The search for earthquake victims in Cianjur, which was supposed to end on Wednesday, will be extended by three days till Saturday (December 3, 2022), Cianjur district head Herman Suherman has informed. “The Cianjur district government had requested an additional three days for the search process. Hopefully, the weather would

Amid Creeping Annexation, Shrinking Civil Society Space for Palestinians, Israel Must Be Held Accountable, Speakers Stress at Meeting Marking International Solidarity Day

State of Palestine’s Permanent Observer Requests International Conference for Resolving All Final Status Issues, as Speakers Urge End to Deadly Violence Against a background of increasing violence, shrinking civil society space and creeping annexation, speakers at a special meeting of the Palestinian Rights Committee to observe the International Day of

Biden Hails Semiconductor Plant as ‘Game Changer’ for American Manufacturing

BAY CITY, MICHIGAN — President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a $300 million semiconductor manufacturing facility in Michigan that aims to create 150 jobs and said the U.S. was “not going to be held hostage anymore” by countries like China that dominate the industry. “Instead of relying on chips made overseas